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In this issue:
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September 1, 2005 - deadline to register for the Fall Board Meeting September 15-18, 2005 - Fall Board Meeting, El Paso, Texas September 24, 2005 - PP/PLS/ALS exams; TISC Real Estate exam |
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Before your Director leaves to travel to El Paso for the Fall Board Meeting, please be sure to give her your input on the proposed changes to the Bylaws and Standing Rules that were sent out by e-distribution on or about August 2, 2005. |
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I hope there are a lot of you planning on sitting for one of the certification exams that are being offered. The ALS, PLS and PP exam are being offered September 24, 2005. The application had to be postmarked by August 1st. If you missed that, don't worry!!!!! The exams are being offered again on March 5, 2006. That gives you plenty of time to study. AND the Certification Committee is hosting a Cram Session for the PLS and PP at the Winter Board meeting in Austin in February. It will be very informative, so make plans on attending if you are going to be sitting for the PLS or PP certification exam in March. Please visit Texas ALP's website at texasalp.org. There are CLE opportunities. Right now a quiz is posted made up of questions from articles in the Docket. Also, there is a quiz that is posted on the website on the subject of ethics. Good luck to all of you sitting for any of the certification exams in September. If I can help you with anything, please email me at licking@kempsmith.com.
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The Excellence in Education (EIE) Award Application requirements have changed! The new and improved Application is now available on the Texas ALP website. To be eligible for the Award, a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education within a two-year period is required. Please see the Application for further requirement details. Send in your Application today and join this elite group of Texas ALP members. The El Paso meeting is right around the corner and the Continuing Education Council (CEC) has been hard at work preparing for this meeting. Join us in El Paso for sessions regarding Federal Rules, Military Law, Doing Business in Mexico, Non-Judicial Foreclosures, Intellectual Property and Ethics. The CEC looks forward to seeing you all in El Paso!
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Your holiday-themed raffle items are needed for “Holiday on the Border” at the Fall Board Meeting in El Paso. Please contact Tina Hurley, PLS, Finance Chair, at 214-999-4524 or by e-mail at thurley@gardere.com if you plan on donating an item for the raffle.
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Submitted by: The campaign to the Super Bowl has begun! Our Texas teams are handing out their gear, practicing, and suiting up for the big showdown at the 2006 Annual Meeting . The 2005-2006 membership campaign, "Super Bowl Bound," seeks to involve all of our members as we focus on retention this year. Members are cheered on by their local head coaches, fellow members and the Texas ALP league managers. From May 1, 2005, through August 31, 2005, we have been in the Pre-Season Training Phase as everyone learns the rules of the game and plans their strategy for the year. There are several teams battling it out on the gridiron and the scores are beginning to add up. Offensively, there are some teams pushing down the field to score while a few teams are playing defensively and planning their strategy for the next phase of the campaign. League play begins September 1, 2005, and ends December 31, 2005. If you're not already in the game, ask your head coach (local membership chair) how you can contribute to your team. Join me in El Paso, September 16, 2005, to find out which teams will be presented with TALP bucks to be used for Texas ALP finance items or discounted registration fees to the Winter board meeting. Remember, any first timer attending a Texas ALP meeting earns a point for their team! Your team needs you! Spread the word, suit up, get in the huddle, and put your team's score on the board! As always, please feel free to call (214-880-1845) or email me ( cmoseley@qsclpc.com) anytime. I hope to see you in El Paso! |
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“Postpone Indefinitely” versus “Lay on the Table” To postpone indefinitely is a motion to kill a main motion. It avoids a direct vote on the question on the floor. It can be used to test the strength of a motion. It was designed to prevent a direct vote on a question that might be embarrassing. To lay on the table is generally misunderstood and misused. The motion is frequently made that the group “table the motion” with the intent that the group clear the floor and fed rid of the motion. To lay on the table was designed to set aside a question for something more important, such as the arrival of a speaker. Because this motion has the highest rank, it cannot be amended or debated. Lay on the table is out of order when used to kill or avoid dealing with a measure.
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Strategic Planning and What This Committee Governance: The Governance Task Force has been hard at work reviewing and analyzing the Survey Results on voting issues. As a reminder, we asked for your comments on voting vis-à-vis the following items: budget, bylaws relating to governance, bylaws relating to member rights, dues change, name change, site selection, standing rules, and election of officers. As you can see by the variety of topics, narrowing down the results was no easy task. The Task Force met on a Saturday in Dallas to discuss the survey results, which comprised over 100 different responses. We narrowed down the issues, based upon those responses, and prepared proposed Bylaw and Standing Rule Amendments to present during the Winter Board Meeting in February 2006. We think everyone will be pleased with the results of our efforts. Strategic Planning in General: As you already know, Strategic Planning for Texas ALP is vital for our organization to continue to grow and prosper. In this regard, the Strategic Planning Committee wants your help! What do you think Texas ALP does best? What could Texas ALP do better? What should Texas ALP abandon? What are you, the member, passionate about? We want to hear from you! Feel free to contact any of the members of this committee:
Barbara S. Akins, PLS at
akinsbs@aol.com |
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By: Leslie G. Stokes, PP, PLS,
TSC
Back to TopRecording Secretary As your chapter's recording secretary, you are the official record keeper. The records you keep are the minutes. The minutes are the legal record of the proceedings of the assembly and should never be destroyed. The assembly may decide the contents of the minutes. More to follow next time.
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Texas Institute for
Specialty Certification BE ONE OF THE FIRST! The inaugural real estate exam will be given September 24, 2005. The test will be given in Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Fort Worth, and Houston. The exam fee is $125 and exam applications can be obtained from the Texas ALP website (http://www.texasalp.org/PDF%20FORMS/examapplication.pdf). IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER! Also, don’t forget about the cram course being offered in conjunction with the Texas ALP Fall Board Meeting in El Paso. Take advantage of this great opportunity! Get the registration form at http://www.texasalp.org/PDF%20FORMS/certification%20cram.pdf. Questions? Contact Deidra Daniels, 713-654-4111 or deidar@splpc.com. |
